On 2020-05-13 07:01, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 5/12/20 3:50 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> However, it didn't actually delete anything since upon reboot it was still in the boot menu and > > That should have been your clue that you missed something. You were tricked! :-) Not a surprise at 06:50 and no coffee..... > "kernel" is a metapackage and contains nothing: > # rpm -ql kernel > (contains no files) > > Try doing the same thing with kernel-core: > # dnf remove kernel-core-5.5.17-200.fc31.x86_64 > Error: > Problem: The operation would result in removing the following protected packages: kernel-core > (try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages) [root@f30g ~]# pkcon remove kernel-core-5.6.8-100 Resolving [=========================] Package not found: kernel-core-5.6.8-100 Command failed: This tool could not find the installed package: No packages were found [root@f30g ~]# pkcon remove kernel-core-5.6.8-100.fc30.x86_64 Resolving [=========================] Package not found: kernel-core-5.6.8-100.fc30.x86_64 Command failed: This tool could not find the installed package: No packages were found And even an earlier one.... [root@f30g ~]# pkcon remove kernel-core-5.5.8-100.fc30.x86_64 Resolving [=========================] Package not found: kernel-core-5.5.8-100.fc30.x86_64 Command failed: This tool could not find the installed package: No packages were found I suppose the bigger question is: Why am I doing this? :-) :-) -- The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
